[Gllug] Console Tools (was Re: Can't get my CNet PRO200WL netcard to work in Gentoo)

[tet at accucard.com]

>On linux these are all part of the GNU textutils package.  Unfortunately, 
>the decent documentation for them is in Info format, which makes most 
>people foam at the mouth, reach for crucifixes and threaten violence.

Indeed. Nice idea, but one of the most hideous implementations of a
user interface I've ever come across. Fortunately, gnome-help-browser
provides a semi usable interface to info pages, which is at least a
start, although it doesn't help when you're remotely logged in using
a text only interface...

Unfortunately, with the version supplied with RH7.3, they've removed
the link from the starting page, and you need to know that you can type
"info:gcc" into the location bar, for example. Gone is the handily
browsable list of info topics.

The Gnome project may have started with some good ideals, but I'm
rapidly going off their increasingly rabid "the whole world should
be Gnome" stance. I've felt the same about KDE for some time, which
is one of the reasons why I use neither...

Tet


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